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Podcast Episode: June 5th 2026
Pip: It is a Thursday evening in early June, and Brendan has opinions — on horses, on managers, on GAA presidents, on the general direction of sport as a concept. Mara: This is Boylan Talks Sport. Today we are moving through racing selections for two Irish meetings, then into a wide-ranging look at football governance,…
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Selections for Clonmel – June 5th 2026
5.05: WHATS NEW (PHILIP DONOVAN (3)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.40: GINO BELLA (MIKE O’CONNOR/PAT FOLEY) 6.10: YOU DONE WELL – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/MICHAEL J. BROWNE) 6.45: MARKET READY (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/SEAN AHERNE) 7.20: FARREN GLORY (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.55: INTHENICKOFTIME – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (3)/ENDA BOLGER) 8.30: ZOLPHARINA (HARRY SEXTON (7)/JOHN RYAN)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – June 5th 2026
4.20: DANCING DESTINY (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.55: ZENFORD – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.30: COUNTY CARLOW (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.00: GAZELLE D’OR (BILLY LEE/MICK GRASSICK) 6.34: I’M SPARTICUS – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 7.09: PIERRE GROSSE (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.44: SHE’S IDEAL – EW – (REESE HOOLAHAN (7)/PAUL FLYNN) 8.19: COPPER CRAFT…
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Sideline Cuts – 48
Liverpool not hanging around Just a short time ago (Thursday evening), former Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was officially unveiled as the new manager of Liverpool FC. Thus completing one of the quickest pieces of football business seen in a very long time. So fast was it, in fact, one does wonder had the wheels of…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 4th 2026
5.30: IBELIEVEICANFLY (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.00: GREAT MOVER (PADDY HARNETT/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.30: ENDORSEMENT (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.00: FLEUR DE PROVENCE (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.30: JOHNNY SODA (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 8.00: DIAMOND EXCHANGE – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 8.30: NICKY LARSON – EW – (JULIAN PIETROPAOLO (7)/PAUL NOLAN)
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Sideline Cuts – 47
Ireland’s quietest hero calls time News broke a short while ago the 1997 Snooker World Champion Ken Doherty has called time on his long and illustrious career in the professional ranks in the sport. One of the quietest and most unassuming sporting heroes the island of Ireland has ever produced, the Ranelagh native never did,…
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Selections for Curragh – June 3rd 2026
4.40: KILMAC AIR – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (5)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 5.10: TIDE OF FORTUNE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/DICK BRABAZON) 5.40: GIANT SEQUIOA (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.10: TRADEWINDS – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.45: BAD BOY RIZZ (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 7.20: EMIT (RYAN MOORE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 7.55: ARRIETTY (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.25: JON…
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Nigel Beresford – A Tribute
With deep sadness I learned this afternoon (Tuesday) of the passing of Nigel Beresford, Ballyjamesduff, Co Cavan and formerly of Dunboyne. Like so many other posters adjacent to his death notice, may I echo that Dunboyne was indeed blessed to have Nigel part of our community for as long as was the case. He was…
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Serena taking sport’s greatest gamble
In relation to sports stars, either human or equine, the one cautionary tale you often hear is “They never come back”. Usually, the assessment is meant after coming through a serious injury. To look at that in a human context first, personally, I have to begin with the case of former Meath footballer Colm Brady.…
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Milner one of a nearly extinct breed
James Milner brought the curtain down on a highly commendable career in professional football today. One of almost two and a half decades. Modern football speak might term the 40-year-old a journeyman pro, but to box him off in that category would do him a great disservice. Therein belong media-driven spoofers like Gary Neville and…
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